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Crusader Kings 3 DLC Tier List: Which Expansion Packs Are Worth Buying?
HeyCara reviews all the DLC for Crusader Kings 3, providing a tier list based on their value and impact on gameplay. Outfit packs are best skipped, while DLCs like Northern Lords, Royal Court, Legends of the Dead, Roads of Power, and Cons of the Step are considered to greatly enhance the game experience. Other DLCs like Fate of Iberia and Coronations are considered disappointing additions to gameplay.
1. 🎭 Outfit Pack: Personal Preference But Not Essential
- ✅ Outfit packs offer visual customization but don't significantly impact gameplay.
- ⚠️ The value of outfit packs depends on personal preference.
00:00 - 01:21
1. 🎭 Outfit Pack: Personal Preference But Not Essential
- ✅ Outfit packs offer visual customization but don't significantly impact gameplay.
- ⚠️ The value of outfit packs depends on personal preference.
01:22 - 02:01
2. ⚔️ Northern Lords: Simple and Fun Flavor Pack Good for Viking Play
- ✅ Northern Lords adds events and features good for Viking play.
- ✅ Offers features like Grand Blots, Vangian Veterans, and Adventure Dynasty Legacy.
- ✅ Enhances gameplay with uncomplicated and straightforward features.
02:02 - 03:00
3. 👑 Royal Court: Important DLC Adds Depth to the Game
- ✅ Royal Court adds the court system, artifacts, and court mechanics.
- ✅ Adds depth to the game and integrates with other CK3 features.
- ⚠️ Has current rank bugs but is overall considered an essential DLC.
03:01 - 03:55
4. 🇪🇸 Fate of Iberia: Flavor is Good But Struggle System is Disappointing
- ❌ Fate of Iberia adds the struggle system for the Reconquista.
- ✅ Flavor and events are good, but the struggle system feels unnatural and annoying.
- ❌ Managing struggle phases and getting specific endings feels clunky and irritating.
03:56 - 04:31
5. 🤝 Friends and Foes: Event Pack Lacks Content
- ❌ Friends and Foes is an event pack focused on making friends.
- ❌ Lacks content compared to mechanics you can get from other DLCs.
- ✅ Events are okay but don't have a big impact overall.
04:32 - 05:33
6. ⚔️ Tours and Tournaments: Game Changer With Travel Feature
- ✅ Tours and Tournaments adds tournament and travel features.
- ✅ Travel is a big change to CK3 and changed the direction of the game.
- ✅ Offers features like tournaments, weddings, and travel dangers.
- ✅ Offers high replay value and a fluid and fun approach to gameplay.
07:06 - 07:50
7. 🧑🏫 Wards and Wardens: University is Good But Overall Mid
- ✅ Wards and Wardens is an event pack focused on childhood.
- ✅ Going to university is enjoyable but overall doesn't add much.
- ✅ Hostage exchanges are largely pointless.
07:51 - 08:36
8. 🇮🇷 Legacy of Persia: Better Flavor Pack Than Fate of Iberia
- ✅ Legacy of Persia adds more content than Fate of Iberia.
- ✅ Adds Zoroastrianism and makes Persia a worthwhile area to play.
- ❌ Still don't like the struggle mechanic.
08:37 - 09:51
9. 💀 Legends of the Dead: Controversial But Worthwhile Plague System
- ✅ Legends of the Dead adds the plague system and legends.
- ✅ The plague system is important for simulating the medieval world.
- ✅ Seeing the Black Death sweep through is dramatic and worthwhile.
- ✅ The legend system adds a lot to the game, even if it's randomly generated.
09:52 - 10:54
10. 👑 Roads of Power: Top Tier DLC With Tremendous Replay Value
- ✅ Roads of Power adds a lot of flavor to the Byzantine Empire.
- ✅ Adds travel adventures and noble estates.
- ✅ Allows you to play as wanderers to reclaim lost lands.
- ✅ Adds new plot lines, special events, and characters.
- ✅ Includes flavor for the Byzantine Empire, such as restoring the Roman Empire.
- ✅ Offers tremendous value and replay value.
10:55 - 11:20
11. 🚶 Wandering Nobles: Okay But Not Special Event Pack
- ✅ Wandering Nobles is an event pack that adds the wandering lifestyle.
- ✅ Adds monument expeditions and more events.
- ✅ Adds content for travel but isn't special.
11:21 - 11:34
12. 🏛️ Medieval Monuments: Worthy of Outfit Jail
- ❌ Medieval Monuments is worthy of outfit jail.
11:35 - 13:05
13. 🐎 Cons of the Step: Simple and Obvious Expansion Good for Nomadic Play
- ✅ Cons of the Step is the nomadic DLC.
- ✅ Adds nomadic mechanics and makes them worthwhile to play.
- ✅ Adds Genghis Khan and conquerors.
- ✅ Requires you to develop nomadic lands.
13:06 - 14:22
14. 👑 Coronations: Worst DLC, Negative Review
- ❌ Coronations is considered the worst DLC.
- ❌ Doesn't add much and was very broken at launch.
- ❌ Forces you to go through event spam at the start of every reign.
- ❌ Has fundamental design flaws.
14:23 - 15:33
15. 🔮 Final Tier List and Upcoming All Under Heaven Expansion
- ✅ Final tier list is provided.
- ✅ All Under Heaven expansion expands the map into Asia.
- ✅ HeyCara was able to play it and likes it.